Gavin McInnes
Canadian far-right commentator
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| December 2022 | McInnes interviewed Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, discussing controversial views about antisemitism. |
| December 2022 | McInnes interviewed Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, discussing controversial views about antisemitism. |
| September 6 2022 | McInnes returned to the public after his fake arrest prank was revealed. |
| September 6 2022 | McInnes returned to the public after his fake arrest prank was revealed. |
| August 27 2022 | McInnes staged a fake arrest during a live Censored.TV broadcast, which was later exposed as a prank by Owen Benjamin. |
| August 27 2022 | McInnes staged a fake arrest during a live Censored.TV broadcast, which was later exposed as a prank by Owen Benjamin. |
| May 2021 | Milo Yiannopoulos claimed Censored.TV was laying off staff and lacked funding, which McInnes later dismissed. |
| May 2021 | Milo Yiannopoulos claimed Censored.TV was laying off staff and lacked funding, which McInnes later dismissed. |
| 2020 | Appeared in the documentary 'White Noise', which discussed an alleged incident with Lauren Southern from 2018. |
| 2020 | Appeared as himself in the film White Noise. |
| 2020 | Appeared in the documentary 'White Noise', which discussed an alleged incident with Lauren Southern from 2018. |
| 2020 | Appeared as himself in the film White Noise. |
| June 2020 | YouTube suspends McInnes's account for violating policies concerning hate speech by posting content that was 'glorifying and inciting violence against another person or group of people'. |
| June 2020 | YouTube suspends McInnes's account for violating policies concerning hate speech by posting content that was 'glorifying and inciting violence against another person or group of people'. |
| 2019 | McInnes launched Censored.TV (originally FreeSpeech.TV), an online video platform featuring his daily show Get Off My Lawn (GOML). |
| 2019 | McInnes launched Censored.TV (originally FreeSpeech.TV), an online video platform featuring his daily show Get Off My Lawn (GOML). |
| February 2019 | McInnes filed a defamation lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center over their designation of the Proud Boys as a 'general hate' group. |
| February 2019 | McInnes filed a defamation lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center over their designation of the Proud Boys as a 'general hate' group. |
| 2018 | McInnes made controversial statements about South African farm attacks, claiming that black South Africans were not 'trying to get their land back' and asserting there were 'ethnic cleansing' efforts against white South Africans. |
| 2018 | McInnes made controversial statements about South African farm attacks, claiming that black South Africans were not 'trying to get their land back' and asserting there were 'ethnic cleansing' efforts against white South Africans. |
| December 10 2018 | YouTube banned McInnes' account for multiple copyright infringement claims, adding to previous bans from Amazon, PayPal, Twitter, and Facebook. |
| December 10 2018 | YouTube banned McInnes' account for multiple copyright infringement claims, adding to previous bans from Amazon, PayPal, Twitter, and Facebook. |
| December 8 2018 | McInnes was unexpectedly disassociated from Blaze Media without publicly disclosed reasons. |
| December 8 2018 | McInnes was unexpectedly disassociated from Blaze Media without publicly disclosed reasons. |
| December 3 2018 | McInnes' program 'Get Off My Lawn' transitioned to Blaze Media after a merger between Conservative Review Television and TheBlaze. |
| December 3 2018 | McInnes' program 'Get Off My Lawn' transitioned to Blaze Media after a merger between Conservative Review Television and TheBlaze. |
| November 2018 | Australian immigration authorities denied McInnes a visa for a planned speaking tour, following an online campaign called '#BanGavin' that collected 81,000 signatures. |
| November 2018 | An internal memo from the Clark County, Washington Sheriff's Office, based on an FBI briefing, reported that the FBI classified the Proud Boys as 'an extremist group with ties to white nationalism'. |
| November 2018 | An internal memo from the Clark County, Washington Sheriff's Office, based on an FBI briefing, reported that the FBI classified the Proud Boys as 'an extremist group with ties to white nationalism'. |
| November 2018 | Australian immigration authorities denied McInnes a visa for a planned speaking tour, following an online campaign called '#BanGavin' that collected 81,000 signatures. |
| November 21 2018 | McInnes publicly stepped down from the Proud Boys, claiming it was a legal gesture to help alleviate potential sentencing for nine members being prosecuted. |
| November 21 2018 | McInnes publicly stepped down from the Proud Boys, claiming it was a legal gesture to help alleviate potential sentencing for nine members being prosecuted. |
| October 12 2018 | McInnes participated in a controversial reenactment of a political assassination at the Metropolitan Republican Club, after which Proud Boys members were filmed beating a protester. |
| October 12 2018 | McInnes participated in a controversial reenactment of a political assassination at the Metropolitan Republican Club, after which Proud Boys members were filmed beating a protester. |
| August 10 2018 | Twitter permanently suspended McInnes' account and the Proud Boys account, citing rules against violent extremist groups, ahead of the Unite the Right anniversary. |
| August 10 2018 | Twitter permanently suspended McInnes' account and the Proud Boys account, citing rules against violent extremist groups, ahead of the Unite the Right anniversary. |
| June 2018 | Allegedly sexually propositioned alt-right activist Lauren Southern after an appearance on his show, which he later denied. |
| June 2018 | Allegedly sexually propositioned alt-right activist Lauren Southern after an appearance on his show, which he later denied. |
| April 2018 | McInnes made inflammatory statements about Muslims, claiming they are prone to inbreeding and mental illness, and equating Islam with fascism. |
| April 2018 | McInnes made inflammatory statements about Muslims, claiming they are prone to inbreeding and mental illness, and equating Islam with fascism. |
| September 22 2017 | Debuted his new show 'Get Off My Lawn' on CRTV, an online television network launched by Conservative Review. |
| September 22 2017 | Debuted his new show 'Get Off My Lawn' on CRTV, an online television network launched by Conservative Review. |
| August 2017 | Left Rebel News, declaring he would be 'a multi-media Howard Stern-meets-Tucker Carlson'. |
| August 2017 | Left Rebel News, declaring he would be 'a multi-media Howard Stern-meets-Tucker Carlson'. |
| March 2017 | McInnes toured Israel with Rebel Media hosts and created a controversial video where he made antisemitic comments, which he later claimed were taken out of context. |
| March 2017 | McInnes toured Israel with Rebel Media hosts and created a controversial video where he made antisemitic comments, which he later claimed were taken out of context. |
| February 2017 | McInnes gave a speech at New York University where he explicitly advocated for violence, stating 'Violence doesn't feel good, justified violence feels great, and fighting solves everything. ... I want violence. I want punching in the face.' |
| February 2017 | McInnes gave a speech at New York University where he explicitly advocated for violence, stating 'Violence doesn't feel good, justified violence feels great, and fighting solves everything. ... I want violence. I want punching in the face.' |
| 2016 | Founds the Proud Boys, an American far-right militant organization. |
| 2016 | McInnes contributed to the book 'Black Lies Matter', a publication that criticizes the Black Lives Matter movement. |
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